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Ronald Olson

American lawyer

Ronald L. Olson (born July 9, 1941) is an American attorney and a partner in the Los Angeles office of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP. He was the lead attorney representing the board of directors of Yahoo! in connection with Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo!, and was contemporaneously involved in Yahoo!'s Google outsourcing contract.2

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Born Jul 9, 1941.1

Companies

Holdings

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Shares held

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Recent filings

Trade performance

DateStockTradeValueReturn sinceVs S&P sinceVs S&P, 1 year
Jan 10, 2020PAISale$15.8K−29.8%+166.8%+20.4%

Returns are price-only (no dividends), measured from the trade date.

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Michigan3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Michigan Law School3

Olson received his baccalaureate degree from Drake University, before studying law at Linacre College, University of Oxford, and completing a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.

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Career

Occupation: lawyer.5

In 1967, Olson worked as a civil rights attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. In 1968, he clerked for the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, David L. Bazelon. Olson is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

In 1968, Olson joined the Los Angeles law firm now known as Munger, Tolles & Olson, and has practiced there since then. Olson’s field of specialization is litigation and corporate counseling. He counsels individual executives and boards of directors in a range of matters, including corporate governance.

In 1997, Olson became a director of Berkshire Hathaway.He retired as a director in May 2025 at the same time as the board's longtime chairman, Warren Buffett, announced his intention to retire from the company at the end of the year.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ronald Olson (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • CitizenshipUnited States6

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